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I’m influenced by my Japanese heritage, and my connection with the people and cultures of the Southwestern US. I love mixing mediums, using digital and physical tools to create functional and decorative art and teaching tools.

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A few weeks ago I met up with some volunteer model

Throwback to a few weeks ago! Near the ruins of Fu

More vids from today's Kokura Gion Odaiko! #koku

Today on my way home I got to see some adorable ki

Wow! I feel so lucky to catch the Kokura Gion Odai

Day 4 of my Lily photo collection! 🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡💛🧡

This is the last of my favorite lilly photos but I absolutely love this orange color! It looks like the lily version of a orange creamsicle! I wanted to take a bite!

Here's one last set of fun facts about Lillies, " Lilies have been a prominent symbol throughout history. One of the first records of this flower dates back to the Minoan Period (around 1580 B.C.), when it appears in a painting found in Crete, Greece. Even the Ancient Greeks held this flower dear, as they believed lilies sprouted from the milk of Hera, the Queen of the Gods. Roman mythology claimed that Venus, the goddess of beauty, envied the flower’s beauty, which caused it to grow the pistil in the center. Ancient Egyptians saw the power of this flower as well, as they included lilies in the funeral ceremonies for mummies."

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Day 3 of my Lily photo collection! 💖🤍💖🤍💖🤍💖🤍
Fun fact: In the wild Lillies are social plants! They do best in groups of 3-5!

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Being in Kokura is such a delight as I get to wit

Day 2 of Lilies! 💜💖💜💖💜💖 Lilies

Now I know what you might be thinking... "Wait! Th

Here's all this week's Hydrangea photos out togeth

Day 7, and final day of my Hydrangea photo collect

Day 6 of my Hydrangea photo collection! 💜💙💜💙💜💙💜💙

Here's a few more Mopheads to round out the week!

The rain finally stopped yesterday afternoon and we could finally see the sun and sky! 🌞 The forecast calls for more rain later this week but it is nice to have some sunshine!!

Day 5 of my Hydrangea Photo Collection! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

This one is super easy to identify! It's a Mophead Hydrangea! 🤣 And no, I'm not joking! That's an actual Hydrangea type! Although "snowball" could be good name too 🙂

The rains here have been relentless! 🌧️ ☔ I've received text alerts warning of mudslides and the nearby emergency siren 🚨 went off warning of heavy rain and rising river levels! 😮

I thought Tucson summer monsoons were intense but these Japanese rainy season deluges are something else! This desert dweller is shook! 😂

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Day 4 of my Hydrangea photo collection! 💜💜💙💜💜💙💜💜💙💜💜

Ok! I'm pretty sure this one is a Mountain Hydrangea, as it was kind small and has serrated leaves but I'm definitely not a hydrangea identification expert! 🤣

This Ajisai looks like blueberries that got popped like popcorn! 🫐🍿 While it looks delicious, hydrangea have some compounds in them that are slightly toxic! Traditionally both here in Japan and other parts of Asia, they have been used in a diuretic tea, but also used by Cherokee Native people in N. America.

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Day 3 of my Ajisai photo collection! ✨
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Another fun fact: Hydrangea is derived from Greek and means "water vessel!" This lovely blue lacecap sure looks like it!

We're smack dab in the middle of the rainy season and the hydrangeas are soaking it up!

In Japanese, Hydrangeas are called Ajisai, 紫陽花. The meaning is made from combining the individual meanings of each of the characters. Purple + sun + flower!

Words like 紫陽花, are called jukujikun. An example is the word 今日 (Kyo), which means today. It's made by combining the words now + day, 今 + 日. Another one is 煙草、or tobacco, is made from smoke + grass!

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Day 2 of my Ajisai photo collection 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

After doing a little research it seems there are more than 75 species in the genus, commonly known as "Hortensia." There are 5 main groups of hydrangeas, Bigleaf
Smooth
Panicle
Oakleaf
Climbing

And within the Bigleaf group (Hydrangea macrophylla) there are 3 subgroups 🤣Mopheads, Mountain, and Lacecaps (oh my!)

With my very limited hydrangea-type identification skills, my best guess is this photo features a Lacecap (Hydrangea macrophylla normalis) as it has a flat head with what look like the distinctive ring of showy flowers circling the edge.

Any Hydrangea experts here? Is this a lacecap? Help!! 😂

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I think I'm obsessed with Hydrangeas! ✨ Earlier

It's Ajisai season! Hydrangea blooms are signs of

Holy crap! I'm 40!!

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